Hammock attachment



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I. E. PALMER. HAMMOCK ATTACHMENT.

No. 595,336. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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No. 595,336. Patented Dec. 14, 1897.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOTVN, CONNECTICUT.

HAM MOCK ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,336, dated December 14, 1897. Application filed June 5,1897. Serial No. 639,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hammock Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hammock attachments in which provision is made for interrupting the natural curve of a hammock to form a seat at such a pitch and at such a position as may be desired for the convenience of the occupant, and, further, in providing a foot-rest attachment capable of adjustment to hold the lower limbs in different positions, as may be desired.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the hammock in side elevation asit appears when suspended for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the valance at the side of the hammock removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the same. Fig. dis a top plan view, the hammock-body being broken away at the opposite sides of the seat-frame to disclose the frame. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing a modified arrangement for adjusting the seat-frame. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section showing a modified arrangement for the foot-rest. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section showing another form of foot-rest, and Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same.

The body of the hammock is denoted by A, and the valance at the side of the hammock by a. A seat-frame consisting of side rails B B, connected by cross-rungs, in the present instance four, denoted, respectively, by b b 37 12 is made of a width preferably corresponding to the width of the body of the hammock, and the cross-rungs are intended to form bearings for the body of the hammock to interrupt the curve of the hammock, when the latter is suspended, to form a seat for the occupant. The body of the hammock is intended to pass underneath the rung b and over the rungs b b 12 and the seatframe is held in the desired adjustment longitudinallyalong the body of the hammock by the engagement of one or more of the rungs of the frame in a pocket or pockets formed transversely of the body portion of the hammock.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the frame is held in the desired longitudinal adjustment along the body by passing the removable rung 19 through some one of the several pockets a, a and (i These pockets a a a may be formed by the attachment of a piece of woven fabric, similar to that of which the body of the hammock is formed, to the under side of the body of the hammock at such intervals as to form pockets of suitable size to permit the rung b to be passed transversely of the hammock within some one of the pockets. The rung b is made removable in the present instance by means of a snap-spring If, set in its side (see Fig. 4) and capable of being depressed into a slot in the rung in a manner quite similar to that in which the ordinary umbrella-spring is depressed into the umbrella-stick in order to permit the rung to be shifted longitudinally far enough to allow one of its ends to drop out of the socket at the side of the frame. When adjusted, the free end of the spring is intended to abut against the inner end of the socket-piece to hold the rung in position.

In order to conceal the side frame at the point where the rung Z) is located and to conceal the rung itself and form a support for the body by means of woven fabric above the rung, I may extend the body of the hammock along over the rung b, as well as under it, by forming the body portion of the hammock throughout a portion of its length of two parts, the upper portion being denoted byA. By attaching the valance a to the part A the valance will be permitted to hang freely over the side frame and conceal it from view, as shown in Fig. 1.

By making the rung b removable in a manner quite similar to that hereinbefore described in referring to the rung b as, for example, by a snap-spring 19 (see Fig. 4) and subdividing the space between the parts A A into sections, as shown in Fig. 5, of sufficient size to loosely fit the rung b I may do away with the pockets a a &c., at the foot end of the seat-frame and utilize the pockets a a a at the head end of the seat-frame to adjust the frame longitudinally along the body of the hammock, while at the same time permitting the valance to conceal the seatframe and the upper part- A of the body to conceal the rungs.

The foot end of the hammock is preferably suspended by a pair of suspension-ropes C 0,

leading from the opposite sides of the seatframe to a suitable suspension-hook D. For purposes of giving the seat-frame a sufficient tilt, so as to form a pronounced interruption of the curve of the hammock to prevent the body of the occupant from slipping along the hammock and toward the'foot, I provide the sides B B of the seat-frame with depending branches 19 W, in the eyes and around the shanks of which the ends of the suspensionropes C C may be removably secured by an ordinary binding turn of the end of the rope. The foot of the hammock-body, to form a hanging foot-rest, has its suspension-cords 0 connected with a sliding loop 0, provided with eyes c 0 adapted to receive the suspension-ropes C C and extended in a direction oblique to the plane of the loop in order to produce a binding effect upon the ropes O C when pressure is exerted upon the depending foot portion A of the hammock. By sliding the-loop 0 toward and away from the foot of the seat-frame the foot-rest portion A of the body of the hammock maybe given a more or less depressed position with respect to the seat-frame, as may be desired.

Either in connection with the suspended foot-rest portion A of the hammock-body, as

shown in Figs. 1 to 4:, inclusive, or independently of such suspended foot-rest portion, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, there may be provided a foot-rest consisting of a bar E, either having a sliding or a removable engagement directly with the suspension-ropes O G, as shown in Fig. at, or suspended from said ropes, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, as may be preferred.

The opposite ends of the supporting-bar E are provided with rams-horn hooks e, by

\ means of which they are removably engaged with the ropes O C and at the same time permitted to slide along the ropes.

In the form shown in Fig. 6 the bar E is suspended by hangers e, extending from the foot of the seat-frame, and hangers e having an adjustable engagement, by means of loops a with the suspension-ropes O O, in order to raise and lower the bar E.

In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the bar E is suspended by hangers 6 e both of which are capable of being adjusted along the suspension-ropes C O'as, for example, to place the barE in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7.

In the form represented in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the body of the ham mock may be terminated at the foot of the seat-frame, as shown in Fig. 7, or unhooked at the foot and returned beneath the seat-frame and hooked onto the head of the hammock, as shown in Fig. 6.

It is obvious that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described; but

WVhat I claim is- 1. The combination with the body of a hammock and means for suspending it, of a frame adapted to interrupt the natural curve of the body of the hammock and adjustable along the body of the hammock, the seat-frame and the body of the hammock being provided the one with a cross-rung and the other with a pocket for the reception of the cross-rung for holding the frame against longitudinal displacement along the body of the hammock, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the body of a hammock and means for suspending it, of a frame adapted to interrupt the natural curve of the hammock, the said frame being provided with a removable cross-rung and the body of the hammock being provided with a series of pockets for the reception of the removable crossrung to hold the frame in different adjustments longitudinally along the body of the hammock, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the body of a hammock and means for suspending it, of a frame adapted to interrupt the natural curve of the body of a hammock, the said frame being provided with a plurality of cross-rungs and the body of the hammock being formed throughout a portion of its length in two parts adapted to embrace one or more of the cross-rungs of the frame, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the body of the hammock and a seat-frame engaged therewith and provided with depending branches at its foot, of suspension-ropes engaged with the depending branches of the frame and a foot-rest suspended from said hammock suspensionropes, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the body of the hammock and the seat-frame engaged therewith, of suspension-ropes leading from the foot of the seat-frame and suspension-cords leading from the foot of the hammock-body and having a sliding engagement with the said suspension-ropes, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the body of the hammock and the seat-frame engaged therewith and comprising side rails connected bya cross-piece, of suspension-ropes leading from the foot of the seat-frame and a foot-bar suspended by the said suspension-ropes, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the body of the hammock and the seat-frame engaged therewith and comprising side rails connected by a cross-piece, of the suspension-ropes engaged with the seat-frame and a foot-bar adjustably secured to said suspension-ropes, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with the body of a hammock and means for suspending its head end,

of a seat-frame consisting of side rails and terrnpt the natural curve of the body of the one 01' more cross-slats connecting the side hammock to form a seat, substantially as set rails, the body of the hammock being formed forth.

throughout a portion of its length in two ISAAC E. PALMER. 5 parts adapted to embrace the cross slat or WVitnesses:

slats and suspension-ropes leading from the vI. B. LALLANDE,

foot end of the side rails of the frame to in- E. B. WETMORE. 

